AMERICAN GARDENER. 



CHAPTER V. 



FRUITS. 



Propagation, Planting, Cultivation, 



PROPAGATION. 



273. All the fruits to be treated of here, ex- 

 cept the Strawberry, are the produce of trees , 

 or of woody filants. All these may be propa- 

 gated from seed, and some are so propagated. But 

 others are usually propagated by cuttings, slips, 

 layers, or suckers ; or by budding or grafting 

 upon stocks. 



274. The methods of propagation, best suited 

 to each kind, will be mentioned under the name 

 of the kinds respectively ; and therefore, in this 

 place I am to describe the several methods ge- 

 nerally, and the management suited to each. 



275. When the propagation is from seed, the 

 sowing should be in good ground, finely broken, 

 and the seed should by no means be sown too 

 thick. How to save and preserve the seed will 

 be spoken of under the names of the several 

 trees. But the seed being good, it should be well 

 sown, well covered, and carefully preserved from 

 mice and other vermin. 



276. CUTTINGS are short pieces, cut in the 

 spring, from shoots of the last year, and it is, in 

 most cases, best, if they have a joint or two of the 

 former year's wood at the bottom of them. The 

 cutting should have altogether, about six joints, 

 or buds ; and three of these should be under 

 ground when planted. The cuts should be per- 



